Wild Mint and Coconut Fridge Cake
I was brought up on cake and outdoor adventures. Desserts heavy with white sugar were a daily affair. On leaving home I started experimenting with alternative sweeteners and different ways to create sweet edible treats. Combining the outdoors and food excites me, and this fridge cake, infused with wild mints, transports me to a shady river where mint likes to grow. Pure bliss in the height of summer!
Mint and Coconut Fridge Cake Recipe
It was a hot summer and I was craving something refreshingly cool with a tinge of sweet. I wanted to avoid the heaviness of dairy, and although rich, this one hit the spot. It happens to be vegan and gluten-free too.
Mint is one of the wild edible plants I teach on summer foraging courses and it is also a herb I sometimes add to my wild salsa verde recipe.
Which mint leaves to use?
You can use any wild or cultivated mint leaves for this recipe, though some mints, such as spearmint (Mentha spicata), and peppermint (Mentha piperita) are stronger than others, so you may need to adjust the amount. Water mint (Mentha aquatica) and apple mint (Mentha suaveolens) have a more subtle flavour.
Consider doubling the amount of leaves if you love minty flavours!
This recipe for Mint and Coconut Fridge Cake is in my book Wild and Sweet (page 98), along with 3 other mint recipes and 99 more wild desserts.
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Tags: apple mint, field mint, mentha, mentha aquatica, mentha piperita, Mentha suaveolens, peppermint, spearmint, water mint, wild mint
Iced mint cake sounds very interesting.I plan to make it this weekend.
My cake ended up a bit different, but it worked and tasted great.
I used a 20 cm round tin and used a parchment cake liner, ( no washing up!)
Everything went to plan until l realised l had put the topping on and forgot to add the desiccated coconut! I decided to sprinkle about 15 gms of the coconut over the top and pressed down lightly.
It worked and looked quite pretty.
Well done mum!
Mmm this sounds much nicer than the sugary nightmare that I purchased the coconut for originally! Will let you know how it goes down with the famalam